<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A phone can connect a person to the world while... > A phone can connect a person to the world while shielding them from the person standing beside them. The paradox of networked loneliness is that endless contact can coexist with fewer moments of mutual presence, embodied risk, and sustained attention. **Source:** [[livestreams/Culture, Social Belonging, and the Environments We Create - Workbook|Culture, Social Belonging, and the Environments We Create]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A phone can connect a person to the world while shielding them from the person standing beside them. The paradox of networked loneliness is that endless contact can coexist with fewer moments of mutual presence, embodied risk, and sustained attention.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-phone-connect-person-risk-sustained-attention ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->